Determination of yeast glycogen content by individual cell spectroscopy using image analysis

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 312-322

  Cahill, Gearoid ^a   Walsh, Padraig K ^b   Donnelly, Dan ^a  

^a DIAGEO PLC   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Glycogen; Glycogen distribution; Image analysis; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FERMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YEAST;

GLYCOGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; GLYCOGEN; IODINE; POTASSIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROSCOPY; YEAST;

AEROBIOSIS; ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CALIBRATION; FERMENTATION; GLYCOGEN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODIDES; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAMPLE SIZE; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034609238     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20000805)69:3<312::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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